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OU are won by this one 
wonder of a thousand 
^A wonders. 
'^$f Hot water. 
f ^ Hot mud. 
^S Not by the pailful- 
no Jack and Jill load ; but a river of hot 
water and a sea of nice, clean, smooth, 
hot mud. 

They do many things. 





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^'Take it away,'' cries the doctor, and 
they take away first one crutch and then 
the other and make firewood of them. 




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They take away that tired feeling and 
leave in its place that hungry feeling. 

They take away the blues and leave 
a rosy complexion. 

Eheumatism is a long word, but jthese 
hot springs make short work of it. 

At Paso Eobles is a big, white house. 
Mostly it is of marble, tile and metal. 

In the old days, and old nights, too, if 
they were moonlit, the young ladies of 
the Middle Ages, or any other ages, 
would have said: 




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^'What a lovely, lovely castle. I won- 
der what Sir Knight lives there T' 

Well, it is good to look at ; good to be 
in. A river, two million gallons a day, of 
hot water flows through it. Clean, joyful 
people come out of it. It is just a bath- 
house you see, the nic ;st one in America. 
Just a bath-house — and in all ages the 
greatest comfort, the finest luxury, has 




PASO ROBLES HOT SPRINGS 

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been a bath. Ask any old Roman; ask 
any old Greek. It was water Moses 
asked of the rock. 

No nation that did not bathe freely 
left any mark on the world — unless. they 
were finger-marks that people who came 
later had to rub out. 




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This bath-house is in the forest of oaks 
with a covered way to the home-like 
hotel. There is nothing in Europe any 
better, and there is no water in Europe 
any better. 

Long words of six and seven syllables 
tell the ways it has, the whys and where- 
fores, of making you over. But chiefly 
they can be reduced to water, hot water, 
and some mud — hot mud. They are 
unequaled anywhere in the world. 

Electric baths, vapor baths, solar 
baths, hot air baths, ice pack baths, 
tub baths, plunge baths — but always 




PASO ROBLES HOT SPRINGS 

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baths and the river of hot health-giving 
water that flows through marble halls. 
I talked with one friend about this 




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primer. He said, ' ' Make it serious, make 
it solemn — don^t try to be fimny. Sick 
people can't see jokes (even if they 




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should be jokes yon make) and yon 
won't do any good.'' 

Sick people don't want to langhl 
Sure they do. You can't help but laugh 
if you go to Paso Eobles. Why not? 
That is part of the cure. You may not 
laugh now — but you will after you have 
been there, and he laughs best who 
laughs last. And there is no need of 
being serious over any trouble you can 
be cured of. The hot springs sympathy 
at Paso Eobles is cheerful, helpful 
sympathy. 

The man who told me to write this 
primer said to be sure to put in some 
figures and such — said otherwise it 




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would not look like a hot springs book. 
So here they are, though it is better to 
know that Admiral Evans — Fighting 




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Bob, good old Bob — after leading the 
biggest fleet of long cruising battleships 
the world ever saw through three zones, 
hot weather, cold weather, fair weather, 
stormy weather, was just about put out 
of action by an old foe, rheumatism, by 
the time he reached Magdalena Bay. 
So he left the fleet and set sail by boat 
and rail for Paso Eobles and was made 
so well that he rode through the Golden 
Gate on his flagship to the cheers of the 
greatest crowd ever on San Francisco 
hills. 

There are others, too — too numerous 
to mention. Write the doctor for testi- 
monials if you want to know what has 
happened — this book is looking forward 
and not much backward. There was 
one man these springs fixed up so he 
could realize his lifelong ambition and 
become governor of a great state. There 
was a California millionaire of many, 

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many millions, who added some years 
to his life by coming here — and so on. 
Eailroad presidents, book writers, maga- 
zine makers, publishers of great daily 
papers, generals of the army, have been 
here, sometimes two or three at a time, 
and have said and written nice things 
about this water and this mud. 

Why not? These are the greatest hot 
springs of our land, and Nature has 
kindly put them in a most charming 




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place on a railroad midway between 
California's two great cities. 

The purple mountains of the Santa 
Lucia and the silver strip of a river, the 
Salinas, hem in these springs, the moun- 
tains, four thousand feet high, have a 
cloak of oak forest, and here and there 
tall pines and lesser trees and shrubs 
and many flowers. Trout streams dance 



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down these wood-walled aisles of narrow 
canons — deer are here, and quail and 
doves in countless thousands. 

There are long, winding drives and 
walks over mountain and vale. People 
throwing away their crutches, quite 
naturally change to horseback riding, 
which is an invigorating pastime. 

The plain to the east is a golden plain 
in summer and autumn, with yet more 
golden mountains of the inner Coast 
Range beyond, all made into a carpet of 
green with wild flower designs worked in 
by winter, during the rest of the year. 

Santa Ysabel, with its lake of hot 
water, its fine drives and herds of pure- 
bred kine, is but two miles away. 

San Miguel Mission is an hour's drive. 
Founded in 1797, and rich with relics 
of Spain, paintings and vestments, it 
has watched the pilgrims of a hundred 
years go by. 

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South, another hour^s ride, is a field 
of battle where Uncle Sam's troops and 
the militia engage in widespread ma- 
neuvers. At that time of the year the 
hotel looks like an army headquarters, 
though in all the motions of society, the 
emotions of the ill are cared for, their 
peace and quiet guarded. 

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The air of Paso Robles is a tonic — a 
crisp, fresh, dry air, with the most 
brilliant atmosphere in all California. 

You say there is nothing the matter 
with you. You know you wear clothes 
and wash them and rinse them, and just 
by their mere touch feel cleaner and 
better when you put them on. 

But what do you do for that body of 
yours? You wash it superficially with 
about the same nice care you use in 
brushing your clothes. 

Bless me, you don't know what it is 
to be clean. 

You don't put your body on the wash- 
board, stew it and scrub it and change 
the water on it and rub it and rinse it 
inside and out. 

But you should. 

And at Paso Robles they will give you 
a thorough scrubbing if you don't want 
to do it yourself. 

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They have graduates from institutes 
there who have spent years learning how 
to separate the body from dirt — masseurs 
these, of the best kind, under the direc- 
tion of a skilled superintendent and a 
capable doctor. 




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Your body is the greatest of the earth ^s 
temples — you should have it cleaner 
than any other sanctuary — and you will 
be surprised to know how badly soiled 
it is after one of these Swedish rubbers 
gets hold of you. 

These hot springs will make it clean 
inside and out, wash away the dirt of 
years, and make you feel as fresh and 
new and clean and bright and sprightly 
as a new summer gown first put on in 
some rare day in June, after a thorough 
cleaning at these famous springs. 

More than dirt will go ; the weight of 
years will tumble from your shoulders — 
it will help, if not cure, a hurting con- 
science. 

You cannot be unhappy living in a 
refreshed body with a beautiful oak 
grove, mountains, streams, sparkling air 
and California sunshine roundabout. 
Your mind will be helped. Someone 

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said: ''I am an old man and have liad 
many troubles, most of which never 
happened." 

Paso Eobles will take away some of 
the troubles that did happen and all of 
those that did not. The whole system 
at Paso Robles tends to drive dull care 
into its hole and turn the hose in on it — 
hot water. 




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Oh, yes, about those figures — but a 
minute first while I tell you about the 
hotel where you stop. It is what you 
want — a great brick-walled home with 




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wide verandas large enough to drive 
in; lobby, so anyone can have a quiet 
corner ; fireplace, like our grandads had 
when they designed the fireplaces first 
and built the houses around them; 
parlors and writing rooms large enough ; 
a comfortable clubhouse separate from 
the main building, and all other con- 
veniences you would naturally expect. 

Naturally, the dining-room of such a 
place is in the hands of a genius — must 
be. He knows what to give ill people 
just arrived, what variety to those on the 
road to recovery, and how unusually 
much to those recovered, but just staying 
on for the pure joy of staying. 

The resident physician and manager 
is more than a doctor — eminent though 
he is in scientific ways. He is father to 
the flock; gives personal interest and 
sympathy and care. 

This may make him blush when — if 
ever — he reads it, but you want to know 

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what manner of man you are to be put 
in charge of. I know him, and you will 
be glad to know him. He has able 
assistants. 

Speaking of figures, reminds me there 
is a pretty town of two thousand people 
adjoining the hotel, hot springs and park. 
It owns a well- equipped municipal 
bath-house. 

The springs are on the Eoad of a 
Thousand Wonders, and well or ill, you 
will enjoy a stay there. Every ticket 
gives a stopover without extra expense. 
Every day there are five trains each way 
between San Francisco and Los Angeles 
through Paso Robles, and six each way 
between Paso Robles and San Francisco. 
Stopping is just as easy. There are 
excursion rates from many points direct 
to Paso Robles Hot Springs. The 
springs are only a little way from the 
station. 

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The Springs are on El Camino Real — 
the King's Highway — the path of the 
Franciscan friars of 1769 and later years. 
This old trail has now become the great 
highway through California, and the 
springs are the midway haven for the 
automobile parties. 

As to those figures — here they are: 
temperatures, analyses and so on. Con- 
fidentially, I don't really understand 
what they mean beyond the fact that the 
water is hot enough to make you clean 
and has enough stuff in it to drive almost 
any kind of a pain out of your body. 



P. S. — There is not room for the 
figures after all, so I guess you better 
write the medical director for analyses. 
He is a very scientific writer as well as 
a scientific M. D. 

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SOUTHF^N PACIFIC 
REPRESENTATIVES PASSENGER DEPARTMENT 

Chas. S. Fee, Passenger Traffic Manager..' : San Francisco, CaL 

Jas. Horsburgh, Jr., General Passenger Agent San Francisco, Cal. 

R.--A. Donaldson, Assistant General Passenger Ageiit.. San Francisco^ Cal. 

H. R. JUDAH, Assistant General Passenger Agent ...'. San Francisco, Cal. 

F. E. Batturs, Assistant General Passenger Agent '.\ San Francisco, Cal. 

T..A. Graham, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, 6qo South Spring Street.. ,. Los Angeles,^ Cal. 

R. S. Stubbs, Assistant General Passenger Agent Tucson, Ariz. 

Wm. McMurray, General Passenger Agent, Oregon Lines Portland, Ore. 

'J. M. Scott, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Oregon Lines Portland,' Ore" 

D. E. BuRLEY, General Passenger Agent, >Lines East -of Sparks. .Salt -Lake City, Utah 
D. S. Spencer, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Lines East of Sparks'. .♦!. Salt Lake City, Utah 

T. J. Anderson, General Passenger Agent, G. H. &.S. A. Ry Houstc^n, Texas 

Jos. H ELLEN, General Passenger Ag«nt, T.' & N., O. R.R Houston, Texas 

J. H. R. Parsons, Gen. Pass. Agent, M. L. & T. R. R. & S. S. Co... New Orleans, La. 

R. S. Stubbs, Gen. Frt. and Pass. Agent Arizona Eastern R. R .-. . . .Tucson, Ari?. 

H. Lawton, Gen. Pass. Agent Sonora Ry., and Sou. Pac. of Mexico. . .Guaymas, Mex. 

Geo. F. Jackson, A. G. P. A. Sonora Ry., and S. P. of Mexico .Guaymas* Mex. 

R. B. Miller, Traffic Manager O. & W. R. R. Portland. Ofe. 

■W. D. Skinner, G. F. & P A., O., & W. R.. R. ., . . . .• Seattle, Wash. 

GENERAL DaSTRICT AND. TRAVELING AGENTS 

Astoria, Ore.— G. W. Roberts.- Agent O. li.'& N. Co. . . ; "■..■..; , .^ 

Atlanta^ Ga.— A.'J. Dutcher, General Agent.. 121 Peachtree Street 

Baltimore, Md. — W. B. Johnson, Agent i ■ Piper, Building 

Boston, Mass.— J.. H. Glynn, New England Agent. ...-.,..., .170 Washington Street 
Butte, Mont.— F. D. Wilson, D. P. & F. Agent, O. S. L. R. R... ..105 N. Main Street 

Chicago, 111.— W G^ Neimyer, General Ageftt..'. ....120 Jackson Boulevard 

Cleveland, Ohio — P. P. Stubbs, General Agent..., 305 Williamson Building 

Cincinnati, Ohio — W. H. Connor. General Agent S3 East Fourth Street 

Denver, Colo — W. K. McAllister,- General Agent 313 Railway Exchange Building 

Des Moines, Iowa— J. W. Turtle, Traveling Passenger AgeiU 310 W. Fifth Street 

Detroit, Mich.— J. C. Ferguson, General Agent ....if For*. Street 

El Paso, Texas— W. C. McCormick, General Agent, G. H. & S. A. Ry 

Fresno, Cal— J. F. Hixsoiry District Passenger and Freight Agent 1013 J Street 

Kansas City, Mo.— H. G. Kaill, General Agent 901 Walnut Street 

Lewiston, Idaho — C. W. Mount, General Agent, O.'R. & N. Co 

Los Angeles, Cal.— N. R. Martin, District Passenger Agent.. 600 South Spring Street 

Mexico City, Mex. — W. E. Barnes, General Agent , . . . .Ave. 5 de Mayo 6B 

Minneapolis, Minn— H. F. Carter. District Passenger Agent .21 S. Third Street 

New York, N. Y.— L. H. Nutting, Gen. Eastern Pas*. Agent t, 366 & 1158 Broadway 
Oakland, Cal. — C. M Burkhalter, I>ist. Pass, and Frt- Agent. . Broadway and 13th St. 

Olympia, Wash. — J. C. Percival, Agent.' Percivals Dock 

Philadelphia, Pa — R. I. Smith, Agent, ^ ...632 Chestnut Street 

Pittsburg, Pa.— G. G. Herring, General Agent 539 Smithfield Street 

Reno, Nev— J. M. Fulton, Distric; Passenger and Freight -Agent . . 238 Center Street 
•Sacramento, Cal— John C. Stone, District Passenger and Freight Agt. . 8or K Street 
Salt Lake City, Utah. — D. R. Gray, Dist fass. and Frt. Agent . . 156 Main -Street 

San Dieco, Cal.— J. R. Downs, Commercial Agent...: ... v 9°' Fifth Street 

San Francisco, Cal— A. S. Mann, District Passenger Agent Flood Building 

San Jose, Cai.— E, Shillingsburg, Dist. Pass, and Frt Agent. .40 E Santa Clara St 

Seattle. Wash.— E. E. Ellis, General Agent O & W R. R ...608 First Avenue 

Spokane, Wash.— W. R. Skey, Trav. Pass. Agt O. R. & N Co... .426 Riverside Ave. 

St. Louis, Mo. — J d. Lowe, General Agent.. ., ." . .903 Olive Street 

Sydney, Australia— V. A. Sproul, Australian Passenger Agent 5 Gresham Street 

Syracuse, N. Y — F. T. Brooks, New York State Agent. ...212 W Washington Street 
Tacoma, Wash.— Robt Lee. Gen. Agent, O & W R. R... Eleventh and Pacific Ave. 

Walla Walla. Wash— R. Bums. Dist. Freight and P. A., O. R. & N 

Washington. D C. — A. J. Poston, Gen. Agent, Washingion-Sunset Rout^ ~ 905 F St 



Rudolph Faick, Genei^l European Agent, Amerikahaus. 25, J7 Ferdinand Strasse, 



lolph haick, Oenei^l turopean Agent, Amenkahaus. 25, J7 herdinand Strasse, 
Hamburg, Gerniany; 49 Leadenhall Street, London, E C. England; 23 
Cockspur Street. London. W. E.. England; 25 Water Street. Liverpool, 
England; ir8 Wynhaven - '• ' '^ • v, ., . . - _ _ . 

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